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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ final rule for adjusting fees goes into effect on November 23, 2010. This means that any petitions that were not received by Monday, November 22, 2010 will be subject to the new fees. Fees will increas… Read More

As of November 5, 2010, 46,800 petitions had been received by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) for the cap of 65,000 new H-1B visas that are available each year. This total does not include the 6,800 visas set aside under U.S. –… Read More

Edgerton Immigration Law is pleased to announce that we have received a Raleigh Metropolitan First Tier Ranking for Immigration Law in the inaugural 2010 “Best Law Firms” rankings by the U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. The ranking… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has recently issued two decisions by the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) as binding precedents for the agency. This means that the US CIS must follow these decisions in deciding future cases. In the first… Read More

Finally, someone seems to be noticing that there are no truly viable routes to permanent residence for small business entrepreneurs and that the American economy is suffering as a result. Hoping to fix this major void in immigration policy, the Natio… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) has exposed through a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that it uses social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace to observ… Read More

As of August 13, 2010, an additional fee has been added to certain H-1B, L-1A and L-1B petitions. This fee applies to petitioners that employ 50 or more employees in the United States when more than 50 percent of their employees are working under H-1… Read More

The Department of State has announced the opening of the registration period for the DV-2012 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2012 lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) on Tuesday, Octobe… Read More